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USS Montana (BB-67) in game Battlestation Pacific

NelsonXes, on 15 November 2012 - 06:48 AM, said: Nice post yet again keep up good work +! Thanks

USS Alaska (CB-1) was the lead ship of the Alaska class of large cruisers which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the first of two ships of her class to be completed, followed only by Guam; four other ships were ordered but were not completed before the end of the war. Alaska was the third vessel of the US Navy to be named after what was then the territory of Alaska. She was laid down on 17 December 1941, ten days after the outbreak of war, was launched in August 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, in Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944. She was armed with a main battery of nine 12 in (300 mm) guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph). Due to being commissioned late in the war, Alaska saw relatively limited service. She participated in operations off Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February–July 1945, including providing anti-aircraft defense for a carrier task force and conducting limited shore bombardment operations. She shot down several Japanese aircraft off Okinawa, including a possible Ohka piloted rocket-bomb. In July–August 1945 she participated in sweeps for Japanese shipping in the East China and Yellow Seas. After the end of the war, she assisted in the occupation of Korea and transported a contingent of US Army troops back to the United States. She was decommissioned in February 1947 and placed in reserve, where she remained until she was stricken in 1960 and sold for scrapping the following year. Displacement: Standard: 29,779 long tons (30,257 t) Full load: 34,253 long tons (34,803 t) Length: 808 ft 6 in (246.4 m) Beam: 91 ft 1 in (27.8 m) Draft: 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m) Installed power: 153,000 shp (114,000 kW) Propulsion: General Electric steam turbines 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 shafts Range: 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) Crew: 1,517 Armament: 9 × 12"/50 caliber (305 mm) 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 56 × 40 mm (1.6 in) guns 34 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns Armour: Sides: 5-9" / 127-229mm Deck: 3.8-4" / 97-102mm Turrets: 5-12.8" / 127-325mm Barbettes: 11-13" / 279-330mm Conning tower: 5-10.6" / 127-269mm Aircraft: 4

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USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the US state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States, and was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II. Missouri was laid down on 6 January 1941, launched on 29 January 1944 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991. Missouri received a total of 11 battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Displacement: 45,000 tons standard 52,000 tons fullload Length: 887.2 ft (270.4 m) Beam: 108.2 ft (33.0 m) Draft: 28.9 ft (8.8 m) Range: 20,150nm at 15 kn 15,900nm at 17 kn 4,830nm at 33 kn Propulsion: 4 × (turbines) General Electric, 8 × 600 psi (boilers), 4 (shafts), 212,000 shp Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) Complement: 2,700 officers and men Armament: 9 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal Mark 12 guns 80 × 40 mm/56 cal anti-aircraft guns 49 × 20 mm/70 cal anti-aircraft cannons Armor: Sides: 1.6-12.1" / 41-307mm Deck: 6" / 152mm Turrtets: 2.5-17.3" / 64-439mm Barbettes: 11.6-17.3" / 295-439mm Conning tower: 7.25-17.3" / 184-439mm Aircraft: 3 Vought OS2U Kingfisher April 11, 1945: A Kamikaze is seen about to crash the USS Missouri BB-63 off Okinawa. and a little surprise, enjoy. http://battleship-mi...p-missouri.html

The Montana-class battleships of the US Navy were planned as successors to the Iowa-class battleships, being slower but larger, better armored, and having superior firepower. It would have rivalled the Yamato and Musashi in size and displacement. The planned ships were cancelled after the US Navy realized that, with the sinking of the Yamato and Musashi and other battles won by air power, that the recourses would be better devoted to aircraft carriers. Displacement: 66.040 tons (standard), 72104 tons (full load) Length: 920 ft 6 in (280.57 m) Beam: 121 ft 0 in (36.88 m) Draft: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) Propulsion:8 × Babcock & Wilcox 2-drum express type boilers powering 4 sets of Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × 43,000 hp (32 MW) – 172,000 shp (128 MW) total power Speed: 28 kn Range: 15,000 nmi Armament: 12 × 16-inch (406 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns 20 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 cal Mark 16 guns 10–40 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun 56 × Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons Armor: Side belt: 16.1 inches (409 mm) tapering to 10.2 inches (259 mm) on 1-inch (25 mm) STS plate inclined 19° Lower side belt: 7.2 inches (183 mm) tapered to 1 inch (25 mm) inclined 10° Bulkheads: 18 inches (457 mm) forward, 15.25 inches (387 mm) aft Barbettes: 21.3 inches (541 mm), 18 inches (457 mm) (aft) Turrets: up to 22.5 inches (572 mm) Decks: up to 6 inches (152 mm) Aircraft carried: 3–4 × Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Ronineter, on 11 November 2012 - 10:24 AM, said: WTF, i made this tread before you and its gone. Wtf is WG doing? First of all when I made this topic I did not know you had the same topic sorry about that, secondly your topic was equipped with data and images about this ship.

MasterTanker90, on 09 November 2012 - 04:43 PM, said: Thanks! lol.. congratulation on 123 posts! Thanks I appreciate it.

IJN Musashi was laid down on 29 March 1938, launched on 1 November 1940 and commissioned on 5 August 1942. Musashi named after the ancient Japanese Musashi Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet. She was the second ship of the Yamato-class. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 long tons (74,000 t) fully loaded, and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 in) main guns. Constructed from 1938–1941 and formally commissioned in the summer of 1942, Musashi served as the flagship of Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto and Mineichi Koga in 1943. Throughout 1943, Musashi remained within the naval bases at Truk Lagoon, Kure, and Brunei, transferring between them several times in response to American airstrikes on Japanese island bases. Musashi was sunk on 24 October 1944 by American carrier aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Displacement: 68,200 long tons (69,300 t) (normal) 72,800 long tons (74,000 t) (full load) Length: 256 m (839 ft 11 in) (waterline) 263 m (862 ft 10 in) (overall) Beam: 38.9 m (127 ft 7 in) Draft: 11 m (36 ft 1 in) at full load Installed power: 150,000 shp (110,000 kW) Propulsion: 12 × Kanpon boilers 4 × steam turbines 12 × Kampon boilers 4 × 3-bladed, 6 m (19 ft 8 in) propellers Speed: 27.46 kn (50.86 km/h; 31.60 mph) Range: 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) Complement: 2,399 Armament: August 1942: 9 × 18.1 inch (46 cm) guns (3x3) 12 × 155 mm (6.1 in) dual purpose guns (4x3) 12 × 127 mm (5 in) dual purpose guns (6x2) 24 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns (8x3) 4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft machine guns (2x2) October 1944: 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) (3x3) 6 × 155 mm (6.1 in) (2×3) 12 × 127 mm (5 in) (6x2) 130 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns (32x3, 34x1) 4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft machine guns (2x2) Armor: 65 cm (26 in) on front of turrets 41 cm (16.1 in) side armor 20 cm (7.9 in) central deck armor 22.65 cm (8.92 in) outer deck armor Aircraft carried: 7 × floatplanes http://imageshack.us...tionntrials.jpg http://imageshack.us...otonemperor.jpg

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Roadsweeper, on 09 November 2012 - 01:16 PM, said: Nice post and love the virtual guide but you have errors in the general stats of her... You have missed the main armament totally, theres no mention of her 9x16inch guns, and the number of 5 inch guns is also wrong, in '43 she had 20 5 inch, in 10 double mounts, which in '84 was reduced to 12 5 inch guns, in 6 double mounts, plus Tomahawks, Harpoons and a phalanx CIWS system. Other than that, good work though. This is just topic about Missouri in WW2 and not in the other wars. As for the virtual guide I have a same problem with that in the beginning, I do not know why, but after it was all right.

manthanboeing, on 09 November 2012 - 08:58 AM, said: good post +10 :) This is my fav battleship Thanks

HMS Warspite was laid down on 31 October 1912, commissioned on 8 March 1915 and decommissioned on 1 February 1945. HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy. During World War II Warspite gained the nickname "The Grand Old Lady" after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943. Warspite and the other vessels in her class were advocated by Admiral Sir John 'Jackie' Fisher, and Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. She served in both World War I and World War II, earning the most battle honours ever awarded to an individual ship in the Royal Navy, including the most awarded for actions in the Second World War. Fate: Scrapped 1950 Displacement: 33,410 tons Length: 639 ft 5 in (194.89 m) (overall) 600 ft 0 in (182.88 m) (waterline) Beam: 90 ft 6 in (27.58 m) Draught: 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) –30 ft 11.5 in (9.436 m) Crew: 1220 Propulsion: 24 × boilers at 285 psi maximum pressure 4 × direct drive turbines 4 × shafts 75,000 shp at 300 rpm 2 × oil driven 450 kW dynamos2 × turbine driven 200 Kw dynamos 1 × reciprocating engine driven 200 kW dynamo added shortly after commissioning as built Speed: 24 knots (design) Range: 8,600nm at 12.5 knots, 3,900 nm at 21 knots Armament: As built: 8 × Mk I 15-inch/42 guns (4 x 2) 16 (Queen Elizabeth) or 14 (other ships) × single Mk XII 6-inch guns 2 × single 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 4 × single 3-pdr (47 mm) saluting guns 4 × 21-inch (530 mm) submerged torpedo tubes Late 1916 change : 2 × 6-inch guns on forecastle deck removed After reconstruction: 8 × 15 in (381 mm) guns (4 × 2) 8 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × 4 inch Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns (4×2) 32 × 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns (4×8) 4 × quadruple 0.5 cal machine guns Armour: belt: 14 in max. turrets: 13 in max. conning tower: 12 in max. Aircraft carried: 1 catapult and 1 spotter aircraft after 1920s

USS South Dakota (BB-57) was laid down on 5 July 1939, launched on 7 June 1941 and commissioned on 20 March 1942. USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a battleship in the United States Navy from 1942 until 1947. The lead ship of her class, South Dakota was the third ship of the US Navy to be named in honor of the 40th state. During World War II, she first served in a fifteen-month tour in the Pacific theater, where she saw combat before returning to New York for an overhaul. Back on operational duties in May 1943, she joined British Home Fleet patrols in Scapa Flow before sailing to the Pacific in August 1943 for a second tour. There, she participated in combat operations preparatory to the invasion of Japan until her return to the United States in October 1945. The ship carried the man who is believed to be the youngest serviceman to have fought in World War II, Calvin Graham. Fate: sold for scrap / Parts of the ship are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Displacement: 37,790 tons standard 44,520 tons fullload Length: 680 ft (210 m) Beam: 108.2 ft (33.0 m) Draft: 36.3 ft (11.1 m) Complement: 2,364 officers and men Propulsion: (steam turbines), 8 (boilers), 4 (shafts), 130,000 shp Speed: 27.8 kn (32.0 mph; 51.5 km/h) Armament: 9 × 16 in (410 mm)/45 cal Mark 6 guns 16 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns 68 × 40 mm guns 76 × 20 mm guns Armour: Sides: 1-12.2" / 25-310mm Deck: 5.75-6" / 146-152mm Turrets: 9.5-18" / 241-457mm Barbettes: 11.3-17.3" / 287-439mm Conning tower: 7.25-15" / 184-381mm Aircraft: 3 seaplanes

It will be a bit long topic but I hope you enjoy it. HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. HMS Queen Elizabeth was laid down on 21 October 1912, launched on 16 October 1913 and commissioned in 1915. A Super-Dreadnought class of battleships, the HMS Queen Elizabeth vessels were the first ships in the world of their type to be powered by oil instead of of coal. She saw service in both World Wars. World War I She entered service in January 1915 during World War I. While still undergoing testing in the Mediterranean, the Queen Elizabeth was sent to the Dardanelles for the Allied attempt to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. The Queen Elizabeth was the only modern battleship to participate, though a number of battlecruisers and pre-dreadnought battleships were also involved. She became the flagship for the preliminary naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, leading the first line of British battleships in the battle of 18 March 1915. During the attempted military invasion of the Gallipoli on 25 April, the Queen Elizabeth was the flagship for General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. However, after the sinking of HMS Goliath by a Turkish torpedo boat on 12 May, the Queen Elizabeth was immediately withdrawn to a safer position. She joined Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas's 5th Battle Squadron (consisting of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships) of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow, but she missed the Battle of Jutland due to being in dock for maintenance. Inter War Period Between the wars she was the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet from 1919 to 1924. The future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her as Master of the Fleet, in 1922. From 1924 she was the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. Following a refit, she rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet in 1927, went to the Atlantic Fleet in 1929, and later that year returned to the Mediterranean, where she served until 1937.During the 1930s she participated in the non-intervention blockade during the Spanish Civil War. She was rebuilt twice between the world wars; in 1926–1927 bulges were added, the funnels were trunked, four 4 inch guns were added, and a new foretop was installed. In her 1937-1941 rebuild she was fitted with a tower bridge in place of her old bridge; her 6 inch (152 mm) guns were removed and in their place received 20 4.5 in (114 mm) guns and several smaller anti-aircraft guns; horizontal armour was added; engines and boilers were replaced; and the elevation of her main battery was increased to 30 degrees. Deck armour was increased to 5 inches over the magazines, 2.5 inches over the machinery, while the new 4.5" guns had between 1 and 2 inches of armour.She also received facilities for aircraft with a launching catapult amidships. New fire control equipment was installed, including the HACS MkIV AA fire control system and the Admiralty Fire Control Table Mk VII for surface fire control of the main armament. This reconstruction was completed in January 1941, when Britain had been at war for over a year. World War II When her reconstruction was complete, Queen Elizabeth rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet, covering the evacuation of Crete in June 1941. She, along with HMS Valiant, was mined and seriously damaged by Italian frogmen in an attack on 19 December 1941 in shallow water in the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt, with the loss of nine men of her complement. Although grounded on the harbour bottom, her decks were clear and the Italian crews were captured. For this reason, the British maintained the illusion of full operational status, in order to conceal the weak British position in the Mediterranean during the period the two ships were patched and refloated. However, this concealing action lasted through a few days only, whereas the Valiant went back into service after many months and the Queen Elizabeth after more than a year and half. Following completion of temporary repairs in an Alexandria drydock in June 1942, she steamed through the Suez Canal and around Africa to the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. From September of that year until June 1943, she was comprehensively repaired. Queen Elizabeth went to the Home Fleet in July 1943, and in December she left for the Eastern Fleet, which she joined in January 1945. She took part in raids on Japanese bases in Indonesia , and was placed in reserve in August 1945. Displacement as built:31,100 tons Length: 640 ft 10.5 in (195.339 m) (overall) 646 ft 1 in (196.93 m) (with stern-walk fitted) 601 ft 4.5 in (183.299 m) (waterline) Beam: 90 feet 6 inches Draught: 30 feet 6 inches–30 feet 11.5 inches (mean) 33 feet 10 inches–34 feet 2.5 inches (deep) Propulsion: 24 × boilers at 285 psi maximum pressure 4 × direct drive turbines 4 × shafts 75,000 shp at 300 rpm 2 × oil driven 450 kW dynamos2 × turbine driven 200 Kw dynamos 1 × reciprocating engine driven 200 kW dynamo added shortly after commissioning Speed: 24 knots (design) Endurance: 8,600 nmi (16,000 km) at 12.5 knots (23 km/h) 3,900 nmi (7,200 km) at 21 knots (39 km/h) Armament: As built: 8 × Mk I 15-inch/42 guns (4 x 2) 16 (Queen Elizabeth) or 14 (other ships) × single Mk XII 6-inch guns 2 × single 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 4 × single 3-pdr (47 mm) saluting guns 4 × 21-inch (530 mm) submerged torpedo tubes 1915-1916 Changes: 4 6-inch guns in stern removed, replaced by 2 guns on forecastle deck 1916 changes: 2 6-inch guns on forecastle deck From 1938 : 6-inch guns replaced by 20 x QF 4.5 inch dual purpose guns (10 x 2) Armour as built: Belt: 13 inch tapering to 6 inch forward and 4 inch aft Upper belt: 6 inches Bulkheads: 6 inch and 4 inch forward; 6 in ch and 4 inch aft 15 inch Turrets: 11 inch sides; 13 inch faces; 4.25 inch top Barbettes: 10 to 7 inches above belt; 6 to 4 inches below belt 6 inch guns: 6 inch Conning tower: 11 inch side; 3 inch roof; 4 inch revolving hood Conning tower tube: 6 inches to upper deck; 4 inches below Torpedo conning tower: 6 inch Torpedo conning tower tube: 4 inches to upper deck As built protective plate: Vertical: Torpedo bulkheads: 1 inch + 1 inch Magazine-end bulkheads: 1 inch + 1 inch (extra 1 inch layer added after Battle of Jutland) Funnel uptakes: 1.5 inches Horizontal: Forecastle: 1 inch over 6 inch battery Upperdeck 2 to 1.25 inches from A–Y barbettes Main deck: 1.25 inches at forward and aft ends Middle deck: 1 inch (2 inches after Battle of Jutland) Lower deck: 3 inches at extreme ends; 2.25 inches over steering gear; 1 inch forward Fate: Sold to Arnott Young and scrapped in Dalmuir, Scotland.

HMS Ark Royal was laid down on 16 September 1935, launched on 13 April 1937 and commissioned on 16 December 1938. HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers. Ark Royal was the first ship on which the hangars and flight deck were an integral part of the hull, instead of an add-on or part of the superstructure. Designed to carry a large number of aircraft, she had two hangar deck levels. She served during a period that first saw the extensive use of naval air power; a number of carrier tactics were developed and refined aboard Ark Royal. Ark Royal served in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, operations off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the Malta Convoys. Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. The Germans incorrectly reported her as sunk on multiple occasions. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and sank the following day. Her sinking was the subject of several inquiries; investigators were keen to know how the carrier was lost, in spite of efforts to save the ship and tow her to the naval base at Gibraltar. They found that several design flaws contributed to the loss, which were rectified in new British carriers. Her wreck was discovered by a BBC crew in December 2002, approximately 30 nmi (35 mi; 56 km) from Gibraltar. Displacement: 22,000 tons standard 27,720 tons loaded Length: 800 ft (240 m) overall 721 ft 6 in (219.91 m) waterline Beam: 94 ft 9.6 in (28.895 m) Draught: 27.8 ft 9.6 in (8.717 m) Propulsion: 3 × Parsons geared turbines 6 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 3 × shafts Speed: 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) as designed Range: 7,600 nmi (8,700 mi; 14,100 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) Complement: 1,580 officers and sailors Armament: 16 × 4.5 in (110 mm) dual purpose guns (8x2) 32 × 2-pounder (40 mm (1.57 in)) "Pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns (4x8) 32 × .50 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns (8x4) Armour: Belt: 4.5 in (11.4 cm) Deck: 3.5 in (8.9 cm) over boiler rooms and magazines Aircraft carried: 72 (designed) 50-60 (actual) 1939–40: 26 × Fairey Swordfish, 24 × Blackburn Skuas 1940–41: 30 × Fairey Swordfish, 12 × Blackburn Skuas, 12 × Fairey Fulmars 1941: 36 × Fairey Swordfish, 18 × Fairey Fulmars

MasterTanker90, on 06 November 2012 - 04:09 PM, said: Thank you! keep doing it. Do not worry, I will continue with the new topics.

MasterTanker90, on 06 November 2012 - 04:11 PM, said: Nice one! thanks. You're welcome

MasterTanker90, on 06 November 2012 - 04:08 PM, said: Thank you! You're welcome

manthanboeing, on 06 November 2012 - 12:34 PM, said: :) good post +1 Thanks

manthanboeing, on 06 November 2012 - 10:30 AM, said: check the spelling on the first line, and yes it was a very big target I saw and I corrected.

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NelsonXes, on 06 November 2012 - 07:11 AM, said: yet again anther good post well done +1 from me :Smile_veryhappy: Thanks

manthanboeing, on 04 November 2012 - 05:42 PM, said: good post, i suppose i need to watch that video. If you have the time watch the video, is pretty good.

manthanboeing, on 04 November 2012 - 05:44 PM, said: Another good post. Keep it up . Thanks man.